The Hanoi Department of Construction is piloting landscaping projects at selected transport structures, including elevated railway supports, pedestrian infrastructure, underpasses and bus shelters, to improve the city's appearance.
An elevated railway pillar on Nguyen Trai Street, opposite Royal City, takes on a greener appearance after landscaping work.
Steel trellis frames are planned around elevated railway pillars to support climbing plants without drilling into or damaging the concrete structures.
Low-growing shrubs and climbing plants will cover the lower sections of pillars, leaving structural components and maintenance access clear.
Workers install supports and tend newly planted greenery as Hanoi expands its urban landscaping programme.
Around 200 square metres of climbing plant trellises are being considered for the Le Van Luong-To Huu underpass, alongside improvements to existing planting areas.
Modular planters are proposed along approximately 300 metres of the underpass walls, below the railings.
Hanoi has invested in expanding green spaces, upgrading parks and gardens, and improving its urban landscape in recent years.
Rows of bamboo line the embankments beside the Le Van Luong-Lang Ha overpass, softening the surrounding concrete structures.
Plants arranged in neat sections along the base of the overpass create a greener, more harmonious streetscape.
Cascading Indian curtain creepers cover the walls of Trung Hoa Underpass, linking Tran Duy Hung Street with Thang Long Boulevard in western Hanoi.
Hanoi's long-term urban development vision beyond 2030 places greenery and waterways at the heart of its ecological infrastructure.
